Jubilant wants to do a Dominos on Chinese food in India

Jubilant FoodWorks Limited (JFL), which operates the Dominos and Dunkin brands of fast food in India, has entered the Chinese food segment with an aim to make it affordable to the average customer. The company opened its first Hong’s Kitchen outlet today in Eros mall, Gurugram. At present, the market for Chinese food in India […]

Hotel Leelaventure misses interest payment to LIC, says exploring asset sale

Hotel Leelaventure, one of India’s biggest hotel groups, said it missed yet another interest payment on debt issued to Life Insurance Corporation of India. “The company has defaulted in payment of quarterly interest of Rs 212.67 lakhs, which was due on 19 September, 2018,” it said in a statement. Leela had raised debt of Rs […]

After Finland, Club Mahindra eyes Swedish expansion

Club Mahindra, the holiday company owned by Mahindra & Mahindra, said it purchased two non-operating companies that have started ‘villa construction’ business in Sweden. The acquisition of the companies were done at a nominal price of 50,000 Swedish Kronas (Rs 4 lakh) each. The two companies were established recently, in October last year, under Swedish […]

Royal Orchid inaugurates new hotel in Pushkar

Royal Orchid Hotels said it opened its 48th hotel in Pushkar under the name of ‘Regenta Resort Fort’. “We are taking continuous steps towards expanding our presence all over India,” said Chander K. Baljee, Managing Director, Royal Orchid Hotel. The chain has opened seven properties – Mysore, Ahmedabad, Dehradun, Kanpur, Dwarka, Indore and Pushkar in […]

Royal Orchid opens 46th hotel in Dwarka, Gujarat

Royal Orchid Hotels announced the opening of its new hotel in the pilgrimage town of Dwarka in Gujarat. “We are taking continuous steps towards expanding our presence all over India. The new hotel launch in Dwarka is one such move towards our aim,” said Chander K. Baljee, Managing Director, Royal Orchid Hotels. The company has added […]

SSG Capital increases stake in Cox & Kings group

Cox and Kings said Private Equity firm SSG Capital acquired the 34.42% stake held by Rohatyn Group in its subsidiary Prometheon Holdings (UK) Limited. SSG Capital Group also owns 2.72% stake in Cox & Kings Ltd. Prometheon Holdings is the Holding company of Holidaybreak, which in turn operates brands PGL, NST, EST, Travel Works and […]

Royal Orchid Hotels inks marketing tie-up with UK’s Bespoke Hotels

Royal Orchid Hotels said it had tied up with Bespoke Hotels of the UK to market each others’ properties to their customers. Bespoke manages over 200 hots with 9,500 hotel rooms, 8,000 employees and £815 million of assets. “Royal Orchid now has the ability to offer its guests hundreds of hotel options across multiple global […]

Tata Capital sells Travel & Forex business to Thomas Cook

Thomas Cook, the travel services company, said it had purchased the forex business of Tata Capital, Tata Capital Forex, in its entirety. “We would like to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company at their Meeting held on 25th September, 2017, approved the acquisition and signing of a definitive agreement with TATA […]

Cox & Kings helps organize afforestation drive in New Bombay

Cox & Kings-powered adventure company Trip 360˚ organized a unique outing in Rabale in Navi Mumbai. Unlike regular hikes and treks, this one was not just focused on enjoying nature, but also preserving it. The plantation was done at Tetavli, Rabale. The site which was initially a barren land is being worked upon by Hariyali […]

All liquor shops in Tamil Nadu to remain shut for 3 months

The Madras High Court has asked the government of Tamil Nadu not to open any liquor shops for three months after complaints that it did not comply with the Supreme Court order on relocating roadside liquor shops. Unlike in most states in India, alchohol shops in Tamil Nadu are run directly by the state government under a […]

Service Charge in Restaurants: Center says still waiting for industry proposal

The ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution is still waiting to hear from the hotel and restaurant industry associations on how they intend to resolve the issue of levying service charges ‘unfairly’. The matter had come to a head in early January when the ministry sent a directive to all state governments asking […]